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2017 saw $5.5M in construction startsChillicothe Constitution TribuneChillicothe issued permits for nearly $5.5 million in commercial construction projects during 2017. Chillicothe issued permits for nearly $5.5 million in commercial construction projects during 2017. Topping the list of permits for 2017, according to …

A cave-in at a subway line construction site in southern China killed eight people and left three others missing, authorities said Thursday. The municipal government in Foshan said the collapse occurred at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday and that nine workers were …

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders pushed construction spending up 0.7 percent in December to a record high. It was the fifth consecutive monthly gain with all major sectors showing modest increases. The December increase followed a 0.6 percent rise in November …

California legislators are considering whether to allow fully autonomous cars and trucks on the road as early as June. And Deutsche Post DHL has announced it may start testing self-driving trucks in 2018, likely in Germany. But while automakers are logging …

Largest Nordic Construction Company Tries To Bridge The GapForbesSkanska is going to lay off 3,000 employees, write down SEK400m ($49.81m) against Skanska's Polish construction business, and pull out of the power sector in the U.S. Danielsson, who has been at Skanska since 1991, said that the restructuring would …

WASHINGTON – Groundbreakings on new homes fell 8.2 percent in December, with builders ending 2017 by slowing down their construction of single-family houses. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the monthly decline put U.S. housing starts at a …

The Binladin Group is the biggest builder in Saudi Arabia, at one point employing over 100,000 people. The company hit hard times after a crane accident killed 107 people at Mecca’s Grand Mosque. The group’s chairman, Bakr Bin Laden, was detained along …